Part of the enduring myth of neo-conservatism is the idea that private enterprise has been given short shrift, thanks to decades and decades of unfair left-wing vilification. “Give private enterprise room to breathe, and they will do it better.”
Private enterprise saints? As a whole, they are anything but. Not when it comes to acting in the public interest.
In private/public housing development projects, private industry stands on their absolute right to serve profit (a.k.a their shareholders) before any commitment to serving the public interest.
The same holds true for private landlords, who are free from much of the regulatory restraint that councils are required to exercise in favour of their tenants. Private landlords can, and do, evict tenants on short notice and on a whim. That, thankfully is finally due to change in the United Kingdom.
Read more in The Guardian: Short-Notice Evictions Face Axe In Tenant Rights Victory
